Whether or not a patient's transplant is successful could boil down to hospital choice, as some hospitals have much worse outcomes than others, according to data from the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients.
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The number of organ transplants performed in the U.S. hit a record high in 2016, with 33,606 transplants performed, according to the United Network for Organ Sharing. But not all transplant centers were created equal — some have much better…
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Indianapolis-based Indiana University Health was named the seventh largest transplant center in the U.S., and the third largest in the Midwest, according to data provided by the U.S. Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network.
Healthgrades — a comprehensive online resource for information about physicians and hospitals — announced the 258 recipients of its Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence for 2017 on Tuesday.
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When CMS updated the formula used in its Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating program in December, the number of hospitals that received the lowest possible rating of one star fell from 121 in October to 112.
When CMS updated the formula used in its Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating program in December, the number of hospitals that received the highest possible overall rating fell from 112 in October to 83 in December.
CMS updated its Hospital Compare database in December, which included an update to its Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating program.
Few consumers trust the internet for health information and few are aware they can exercise choice in picking a surgeon or hospital, according to results from CMS-commissioned surveys and focus groups.
Hospitals in stressed cities — cities with high poverty, unemployment rates, divorce rates and poor health conditions — tend to have lower overall star ratings from CMS than hospitals in less-stressed areas, according to a study in JAMA Internal Medicine.